Three Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists were killed in an encounter at south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday, ANI reported.

A search operation was launched at Hassanpora village in Bijbehara area of Anantnag early morning following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in the village, a police official said. The official said as the security forces were conducting the search operation, the militants fired upon them triggering an encounter.